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Konie Hime: Well, my lips are sealed but I mean come on, the genre is drama! So stuff is bound to happen.

GirlWaterShaman: I'll put it to you this way, Pohli was stubborn and wouldn't actually undress too much but we can only imagine with Shigure and Akito…

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Chapter Twenty-Two: Back to the Norm

(Pohli's POV)

Puzzled, I jumped down the stairs and took the phone from Shigure who looked slightly shocked as well.

"Hey dad-"

"Good God! It took me forever to find you! I called Arisa's: said you weren't there, so I called the Sohma estate: some maid said you weren't there. I called Shigure's house: some poor woman was crying and saying that you all had run off to the lake house. Oh, she also said that well… in her words: 'IF YOU SEE SHIGURE, TELL HIM I'M GOING TO DIE A SLOW DEATH IF HE DOESN'T GET BACK HERE!' but yes, anyway." My dad rambled on for a while.

"Uh… ok, so why are you calling me?" I asked, a little confused and began wrapping the telephone cord around my fingers.

"Oh yes about that… I need you back here in the states a week earlier then expected. So you'll be coming home in two days-"

My jaw hit the floor and I dropped the phone, walking out of the hall and away from the living room. I slowly walked up the stairs, emotions and fleeting thoughts running through my mind.

Go home? Back to the States?

It had never dawned on me that I would be going home after this. I guess since I had met the Sohmas and learned their secret, I would just always be here. Just a week ago I was counting down the days till I'd go home.

With my brain in a daze, I moved into a vacant room next to Kyou's, which turned out to be a big closet.

"Damn…" I mumbled dryly and started to close the door but…

The closet was probably the best place I could be alone. I climbed inside the empty closet and huddled in the corner, pulling my legs to my chest and burying my head in my hands, crying quietly.

I didn't want to go back home. No one liked me there, everyone at school hated me and now that Jack the ass has graduated he's nicer. But I don't want to be disliked again, I'm…

I'm almost accepted here.

I couldn't help but smile as I thought of them all.

Midori and her quiet and insane ways… well she used to be insane, now she's just quiet. Yuki and his gentle ways, Kyou and Tohru… Well I don't know much about them.

Shigure and how he's so happy go lucky, Aya and his… Fashion tips.

I love how Haru has two personalities and how Momiji is so spazzy and Hatori always trying to control him.

How Akito…

How Akito makes me smile.

"Are you ok?" I heard a guy whisper, (recognizing him as Akito) and I shook my head while my whole body trembled. He kneeled down to my level and closed the little closet door most of the way. "Shhh… what's wrong?" He shifted his weight a little so that he could sit beside me.

"I-I… my dad… home… I…" I couldn't talk! I kept stuttering and attempted to get the words out but it didn't work.

"Don't worry." Aki pulled me in close to him and began to stroke my hair in a very slow, gentle manner. "I'll-"

"I'm supposed to go back home to the states in two days!" I burst out after many attempts. Akito's hand froze over my shoulder and he tensed up.

"Back to the states, you mean the US?"

I started shaking again, on the verge of crying. Aware of the fact that I was making myself look like a fool, I began to pull away from him and go towards the door.

"No." He grabbed the bottom hem of my skirt and slowly I turned around and looked into his eyes. Without thinking I probably did the most melodramatic and stupid thing I could think of.

I, Pohli Uotani, fell into his arms. Yep, me, Ms. Gangster, fell into Akito Sohma's arms like a damned fool and started crying into his shirt.

"I don't want to go back!" I whimpered and bit my lip. "I hate it there! I-I know no one accept Jack-" He tensed up when I mentioned Jack's name, "But even he doesn't like me all that much. I have no family not even…" After that I just stopped talking and crying and we just sat there.

"Pohli I have a proposition for you…"

(Midori's POV)

New Years was actually over pretty quick and before we all knew it… we were back in school…

"Damn am I glad to be rid of Pohli!" Arisa stretched and I heard a few bones pop.

"Well, I thought New Years was very fun for us all!" Tohru exclaimed because she hadn't been around the strip poker playing or the sake drinking.

I tugged on my school uniform nervously.

Before school started again, Saki got me to take the entrance exam for high school even though I was only in my last year of junior high school. To both of our surprise, I passed with flying colors and they placed me in the second year of high school, one year behind all of these guys. But this meant… I would get to see Yuki everyday now!

"Good morning, Miss Honda." Yuki waved to the three of them while I hid behind Saki for some reason.

"Yuki! Good morning!" Tohru smiled.

There was a loud clatter as Yuki dropped his books and pointed to Saki. "Midori?! You're here?!"

"Yes…" I mumbled and came out from behind my older sister.

"How? I thought you were only fifteen!" Yuki looked like he was having trouble grasping the simple fact that I was there and not somewhere else.

"She passed the entrance exam and is now attending high school one year behind us." Saki cut in dryly.

"I see…" Yuki turned to me and stared in bewilderment with those lovely violet eyes.

"Where's your homework, Hatsuharu Sohma?" A teacher demanded from within a nearby classroom. "I've given you all morning to find it, now where is it?!"

"Uh oh…" Yuki sighed and held his head. I peeked into the classroom just in time to see the normally stoic Haru, snap.

"What god damn homework are you talking about?! DO YOU THINK WE'LL ACTUALLY USE THIS EVER, HUH PUNK? DO YOU THINK YOUR KING OF THE FRIGGIN' SCHOOL TREATING US LIKE THIS? I THINK YOU NEED TO BE TAUGHT A LESSON!" Black Haru shouted at the teacher.

"Haru, stop!" Yuki ordered.

"What's the matter, Yuki? Jealous of the attention? Don't worry, I'll be coming for you later." Haru grinned at a blushing Yuki.

"Haru, I'm warning you!" Yuki threatened. "I swear I'll disown you if you don't stop!"

I was stunned, staring at these two boys as they argued. On the one hand, there's the totally badass Haru and then there's noble Yuki on the other. I inwardly smacked myself for having a slight attraction to Haru in his current state.

Finally, Yuki was able to calm down Haru to the point where he was his normal, calm self. There was still some time before class so all of us were walking together around the school when I recognized a familiar blonde head in front of us in the crowd.

(Akito's uber creepy POV)

Slowly I walked around the school where four of my stupid family members were attending, hoping not to get caught by one of the annoying teachers and get sent off to do some terrible task.

Sticking my head in what I thought was an empty classroom; a bald man popped up in my face, apparently a teacher. He handed me a letter and ran away down the hall. Quizzically, I opened the letter to find this:

Dear poor Sucker whom I just gave this to.

I quit. I hate teaching and all the children may burn in hell! YOU TAKE OVER!

I glared at it, wondering what I was going to do with it when the bell rang and students came flooding towards me for their next… terrible... class....

I will make them suffer! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

TO BE CONTINUED

Umi-chan: OH MY GOD! AKITO IS GOING TO BE A TEACHER FOR A DAY!!!

Kyou-chan: Yay!